May is AAPI Month!
Here's what you should be reading?
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage is upon us, and I can’t help but feel like I’m not doing enough to raise awareness.
Some of my most recent works on these communities include…
Highlighting AAPI creatives for House Beautiful
AAPI personal finance trendsetters to watch for Real Simple
Hawai’ian Language Preservation Case Study for Bold Culture
And profiles of Bada$$es in their industry, like Marlo de Lara & Karen Fu
But is that enough?
I always ask myself if these are my stories to tell.
Should I make space for others?
There’s no hard and fast answer, but let me take the time to share resources I hope you’re reading right now.
First things first, the incomparable Amy Yee recently released an article with Bloomberg about new survey data on anti-Asian hate. This is required reading:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-09/aapi-month-brings-new-research-on-asian-american-communities
Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy.
3. An Asian American A to Z: A Children's Guide to Our History by Cathy Linh Che, Kyle Lucia Wu, and Kavita Ramchandran.
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